WMA to mp3 conversion problems

I ripped my cd's with WMP to WMA. My mp3 player is not compatible with WMA so I want to convert these files to mp3 format. However every time I drag and drop one of these WMA files into conversion software (and I have tried plenty of different ones), I get a warning saying that I either have license or directx problems or whatever. I have WMP 10, and can't upgrade to 11 because I had to do a system restore last time I tried it.

Have you tried deleting the files and ripping the cd direct to mp3 from the start again?It sounds like there's some sort of a compatability problem between the formats.I use nero6 and that happily converts into nero digital audio, wma, mp3, mp4 and a variety of others. However, if you then try and re-convert them you sometimes get the message that you cannot transcode the files (which I seem to recall was from WMA format!!)I think nero is only about £25quid to buy, well worth it if you are having problems with your existing software!!

I work in downloadable audiobooks and our advice to customers is to always run the license acquisition process in WMP to get the title playing normally, before attempting to copy the title to CD or a portable device.

This is with downloaded WMA files though. Do CD's use similar licensing technology ? I seem to remember a few trying with it but normally aren't they in cdaudio format ?

Could you not rip the original CD to mp3 using your mp3 software, and thence to the device ?

Alternatively, Audacity click here will convert most formats to most formats.

Take a look at NCH swift suiteclick hereSee what that can doThe links leads to a converter but must there is much more to it than that. Its worth a trawl through I use Wave pad ans record pad all the time